10 things about each kid

Jack:
1) He can fully dress himself from head to toe! I lay out his clothes for him and he takes off his pajamas and gets himself dressed in the mornings. Even puts his shoes and coat on by himself.
2) He is an early riser and always gets up at 6:15 am, without fail. He comes downstairs and will play quietly or read books until his brother wakes up, usually around 7 or 7:15 am. I know, I'm lucky.
3) He can write very well already. If he is unsure of spelling, I just tell him and he can write it!
4) His best friend in the whole entire world is Shaffer from school. We've had several playdates after school and those two are hilarious together. They became best friends on the very first day of school and Jack swore that he knew Shaffer before school started even though I'm almost positive he didn't.
5) He loves to play games on the Wii. He is pretty good at Mario Kart and Cars. It's fun when we race each other. It gives us something to do together that Theo doesn't interfere with!
6) He is a very good eater now and will try just about anything. He went through a horribly picky year between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 and now it seems he is past it. He eats vegetables and fruit and usually cleans his plate both at school and at home.
7) He got the full cleaning at the dentist today! Not just brushing on fluoride either.... polishing and everything. He didn't flinch and was so proud of his "sparkly" white teeth!
8) He loves superheroes and is really into Batman right now. We turned his dormer closet in his room into a "batcave" and he loves to play up there with friends.
9) He already thinks girls have cooties and only plays with the boys at school. Some of the girls have a crush on Jack and he's oblivious. He'll tell me that he doesn't play with girls and only likes the boys in his class. His teacher tells me that he's friends with everyone and floats between groups. Go Jack!
10) He can remember so much that it blows my mind. He will bring up things from a year ago that I swear I don't remember half the time. He never misses a beat. He asks almost daily to go see snow since he had so much fun playing in the snow back in December.

Theo:
1) He just learned how to slide down the stairs on his tummy! He can do this by himself now very well. I'm thinking I can ditch the baby gate soon. Yee-haw!
2) He will hold my hand when we are out and about and walk vs. being carried everywhere. He's just about 30 lbs and it was getting to be too much for me to carry him everywhere for very long. He's a chunk! He hasn't turned loose to dart like Jack always did but I'm waiting for that day.
3) He loves to climb and has scaled every surface of our house. He then will stand on whatever surface he's climbed. I'm just waiting for that trip to the ER.
4) He can open doors now. Theo is pretty tall and can reach the door knobs. He surprised me by opening the door to the bathroom yesterday as I dried my hair. I was trying to keep him in the bathroom with me but he had other plans I guess.
5) He says tons of words and repeats lots of things already. It really blows my mind.
6) He can identify and say "purple". We're working on the other colors.
7) He gives huge, open mouth kisses now. I call him "parana baby" because it looks like he's trying to eat my mouth when he kisses me. I love it regardless.
8) He is a mover and shaker. The kid is on the go all day long and will only sit still if he's eating or watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (his favorite show!!).
9) He is obsessed with one blanket and has quite a love-affair with it. Much like Linus from the Peanuts gang.
10) He is one of the most content and well-mannered babies I've ever seen. He really doesn't ever fuss unless he wants to be fed (which seems like all day, ha ha). I think the thumb sucking helps keep him quiet and content, but his personality is pretty laid back.